James Hillman and Paulo Freire

I was referred to James Hillman’s writing in 1973 when I was 22, and attended his lectures at the Jung Institute the following year in Zurich. He warmly and generously welcomed young scholars working on issues of imagination, and I was fortunate to be part of creating the early history of what he called archetypal psychology. His friendship and work have been gifts in my life. I never met Paulo Freire, but his Paulo work opened the door to my beginning to understand and grapple with the psychic and communal impacts of colonialism. My life and work is touched by both Freire and Hillman.